The Defense Acquisition Program Administration held a roundtable on the 26th to discuss ways to strengthen defense companies' artificial intelligence (AI) competitiveness.

Lee Yong-chul, head of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, discusses development plans with attendees at a meeting to strengthen AI competitiveness in the defense industry at the Conrad Hotel in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 26th. /Courtesy of Defense Acquisition Program Administration

Chaired by Lee Yong-chul, the roundtable at the Conrad Hotel in Yeouido, Seoul, proceeded by sharing cases such as ways to strengthen defense companies' AI competitiveness and difficulties that arise when applying AI to weapons systems.

Attendees included Deputy Minister Won Jong-dae of the Ministry of National Defense; Executive Vice Chairman Lee Nam-woo of the Korea Defense Industry Association; CEO Shin Ik-hyun of LIG Defense&Aerospace; President Joo Won-ho of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries; and Executive Vice President Gwak Jong-woo of Hanwha Systems.

Participants agreed that applying AI to weapons systems is essential to strengthening defense competitiveness and, in line with the changing environment, that acquisition systems and security policies in the defense sector also need to change, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration said.

Lee said, "The Defense Acquisition Program Administration will actively support the development of AI-based advanced weapons systems and will spare no policy support to facilitate AI startups' entry into the defense sector."

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